Perhaps frequency makes the job easier but then they are not living with the results. I salute all the designers who have to make these kind of decisions daily. I guess it is because you are investing a lot of money in something not easily replaced. I don't think I have ever faced a more difficult decision than these hard surfaces in my kitchen. From time to time I have helped others as well. I have always loved to decorate & have been told my home is a warm & welcoming place. That might make the overall look more interesting without jumping out & shouting at you.
The salesman/designer at the tile shop suggested a row of the 4"squares, then a trim line & the balance of the area on point. The on point diamond shape has a little more interest to it. After I have looked at them at home for a while I am feeling that the 3圆 brick is going to look blah over the space I need to cover especially once the grout is applied. In the store we tried them with a Misty Gray & a Standard White grout. They have almost a white washed look to them.
These new tiles I brought home are Claros Silver Tumbled Travertine. I wish my photos came out looking more like what I actually see. Does anyone out there have strand-woven bamboo? How does it wear compared to wood? Also, will dark espresso-maple cabinets seem dated soon? That's my only fear about potentially doing dark cabinetry in the kitchen. The only thing that would also make that a bit awkward is that the family room and kitchen are one contiguous room, and I kind of like the idea of having the same flooring in both to make the space more fluid.
The builder is charging so much to tile though that I'd just have him put standard vinyl on the floors, and get someone in after the house is built to replace it. It would be an easy fix, as I could put dark tile floors in the kitchen, light wood in the rest of the first floor, and light cabinets (which is what we have now in our current house-5" engineered light maple, and a terra cotta-like tile in kitchen). I have tile in my kitchen now (with light maple everywhere else) and I love the way the tile wears (that wood-look tile is amazing!) but it is hard on my back-and I cook a lot-so I have to think about that some more. And if we end up going DIY and replacing standard stuff after we move in, we can't roll it into the mortgage-we'll have to pay cash.
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So for example, the base wood flooring option is one kind of 2.25" red oak (and white oak is an upgrade tier 2, as is maple or bamboo). Rusty's right in that the builder basically has bulk pricing for certain items, so part of the reason we can afford to build a house is that this isn't totally custom-we get to select finishes within a range of them, and if we have him credit us back stuff like cabinets, we end up losing money as the stuff he's giving us is of higher quality for a lower price. Also, everyone overwhelmingly has affirmed that dark floors will be really hard to keep clean and not the best choice for pets/kids, so I think we're going to go with light flooring for sure. And some of the pics of light floors with dark cabinets were really stunning (like Jason Ball's). It didn't dawn on me that I could break up the light floors/cabinets with a very dark countertop. Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone! Also the pictures were all really helpful-I hadn't found many of those yet.
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